Scoop-board.



A. LOMBARDO.

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Patented Nov. 24, 1908.

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AUGUST LOMBARDO, OFWASHINGTON, IOW, ASSIGNOR-OF ONE-HALF T FRANK W. BRIND- 1 LEY, 0F WASHINGTON, IOWA. I

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To allwhom it may concern:dV E.. le 1t known that l, AUGUST LOMBARDO, a citizen of the United States, residing at lVashington, in the county' of wiVashingtonv and State of Iowa, have' invented certain new and useful Impreveinents 1n Scoopf Ecards, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This .invention relates toimprovements in combined scoophoards and end-gates for wron bodies or boxes, and has forit-s ole- "he ilnorision of means tor facilitating ieiloi n of a scoopboard in a closed posiion, and alsothe releasing of the holding ins, whereby 'the scoopboard can he .swung to an inclined or opened position.

Another objectief the invention is'. the construction of e scoopboard, which is provided with `latches pivotally mounted uponr the thereet each latch is provided with an elongated slot Within which one end of an eperating-meinber Works. y 'in drawings: l `ig`ure. 1 is a fragmeny, perspective View of wagon-bed or .bea showing in perspective my scoopboard 'We attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a' View in clevationot the scoopboard in `a closed "on upon', the Wagon-box or bed. Eig. a perspeeti've View off the catch-actuatm member. Fig'.4 4t 'is a transverse, sectiona View taken on line Il, 4l, Fig. il.

Referring tu vthe drawings by numerals, 1 designates the Wagon-bed or box, which is provided ywith a board or cleat 2, extendin beyond 'the sidesot the bed and also beyond the sides 3 of the body ot the scoopboard, upon which cleat or beam, tliescoopboard rest-s.

, A. hook or keeper 4 is secured to the outer face ot .nach of the sides ,of the body or box 1, by means of, preferably, a threaded shank 5, Fig. e, which is threaded into the side ofthe hos. The hook or keeper 'l 1s provided intermediate its length 'with a ange or an# nular projection 6, and is also provided, atits outer end, with ahead 7. Pivotally mounted upon the shank 5 of-each ot' the `hooksor keepers 4l, between the ilange 6 and the side utf the Wegon-box;` is a primary supporting Specication of Letters Patent.

Application le February 13, 1908. Serial No. l4:16330.

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Patented Nov. 24, 1908.

ployed tiro sets of the links 8 and 9, and as they are connected to the scoopboard in the same manner, it is only necessary to lspecilcally describe one of the same. The inlnel' end of the primary link 8 is bent over, as at 12, for engaging the top edge of the lauxiliary link l0, for limiting the pivotal movement of the links, when the scoopboard is in its' open or inclined position, Fig. 1.

For holding the scoopboard in its closedV position, I provide catches 13, which are pivotally mounted intermediate their ends, upon rivets or fastening means 14. Each catch is provided., at its i'nnel' end, with a notch 15, constituting a hook which engages the hook or keeper l between flange 6 and head 7. The catch 13 is provided,I near its outer end, vwith a beveled aperture 16, formed between the outer end and the pivot point or rivet 1l.

rlhe elongated apertures or openings are formed longitudinally of the catches and are provided for permitting the inwardly-extending hooked ends 17 of the catch-operating member to Work freely therein for per! forming its function.

The catch-operating member is, preferably, pivotally supported upon a pair o' brackets 18, secured to t-he 'back of the scoopboard, and said operating-member comprises a grip or downwardly-extending cranlearm. portion 19, terminating at its'ends in straighthorizont-a'l .portions 20; the horizontal por tions terminate in the horizontal hooks 17. It is to be noted that when the scoopboard is in its closed position, the catches 13 are hooked over the hooks or keepers 4, vand the hooks 1T are' in sul'istantially the same horizontal plane with the portions ot' the catch-operating member, Whereas the grip or crank-portion 19 is extending downwardly, so that all the operator has to do to release the catches 13 for the purpose of open- I ing or swinging the'scoopboard downwardly,

is to raise up on the outer portion of the crank or rip-portion 19, and the hooks 17l will slide ongitudinally of thecatches ".vithin the elongated slots` 16 Vand swing said catches downwardly upon ltheir pivots or "rivets '14: and release thie'hooks 15. .The catches 13, of their own Weight, will drop into position for causing the ends Q Itoautoma-tioally slide over the body of the keep` ers or hooks fllor locking the seoopboard in its' closed' p'sition, still, to increase the efluiency of .the devicall secure a spring or 

